How to convince 90 year old male who avoided high cholesterol foods to continue to do so in assisted living facility when it is served daily?

Is he on cholesterol meds? If so, they should be helping to keep it down. And at 90 if he has high cholesterol, so what. As said, he has lived till 90.

My daughter keeps talking about a plant based diet where her numbers are now in the low hundreds. She is 35 me 71. Don't think I am going to drastically change my diet at this age. I do watch my weight and only eat so much a day calorie wise. Because of this, what goes in my mouth better taste good.

My mother is this age. I understand what others are saying. Sadly because my mothe is overweight and has been for years it is now much harder for her to regain mobility after being hospitalized with a septic infection. I believe if she could have maintained a more healthy weight she would not be as compromised now but I have given up on caring anymore what she weighs.

I agree with freqflyer, at age 90 let your parent eat what they like and enjoy.

I always believed that if a person lives up to a ripe old age and he/she wants ice cream for breakfast, you ask "one scoop or two?".

I agree, let him eat what he wants. At some point, you deserve it. My mother used to tell me if she made it to 80 she was going to take up smoking. Sadly, she didn't make it, but I would have supported her!

Your husband has managed to live for 90 years on that diet. Let him eat what he wants. He’s made it this long eating all the foods you list.

Can you blame him? He's earned the right to eat whatever he wants now! What's the goal, anyway? To live to 100 and be wheelchair bound or demented and in sheer misery, with great cholesterol?

My husband tells my 94 y/o mother who lives in Memory Care Assisted Living to eat dessert first and THEN eat her meal! We'd love to see her die happy, since she's lived her entire life miserable and on a diet.

Leave him alone and let him eat what he wants.

I hope when I die I have had a huge piece of cheesecake in my tummy.

At the age of 90, there's not much joy in life for many people. My mom is 91 and eats garbage. If she's in the mood for onion rings and a shake, we get her some.

We spend so much of out lives working hard to live to a great old age, well your dear husband has made it!! and I think that he deserves to focus on the things he enjoys rather than adding another few months to his time on earth.